Facial recognition articles

Can software be racist? No, though humans can inadvertently design programs that appear racially insensitive, or, as was the case with Microsoft’s Tay chatbot, intentionally turn an AI into a raging hatemonger. Facial recognition systems occasionally fall into the former category; the…

An application that calls itself “the world’s leading augmented reality and image recognition app” is adding facial recognition technology to its service, allowing users to discover information on 70,000 public figures just by pointing a camera at their image, be…

Are you worried about the rise of facial recognition systems? Sick of being automatically tagged in Facebook photos, or concerned about the possibility of a Black Mirror-style police state? If so, then you’ll be happy to learn about a new…

If you own a GeForce GTX 1070, you might want to pay attention to this news-item as you could be effected. There have been some problems reported with certain GeForce GTX 1070 cards. After further investigation it became apparent...

Facial recognition technology is a pretty amazing thing. It can be used in a variety of applications, from identifying Uber drivers, to tagging friends on Facebook, to paying for goods on Amazon (eventually). Now, its use has inevitably spread to…

While facial recognition technology has a number of positive uses, such as finding missing people, an alternative form of ID, and even tagging friends on Facebook, it does have worrying implications when it comes to privacy.

Last June, Facebook launched its photo-sharing Moments app in the US and several other countries, but it was withheld in those areas where the software’s facial recognition technology violated local data privacy laws. Now, Moments is available worldwide, after the…

Facebook is facing a civil suit in San Francisco accusing it of “unlawfully” collecting and storing users’ biometric data with its face recognition technology. The case hasn’t started well for the social network, as the judge has just ruled against…

For as long as passwords have existed there have been people trying to break them. Amazon wants to get around this common, and sometimes vulnerable, method of identification by using a technology that’s best described as ‘pay-by-selfie.’
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Apple has made its first acquisition of 2016, and it's another company specializing in artificial intelligence. The Cupertino-based firm has bought San Deigo startup Emotient Inc. for an undisclosed sum, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

Earlier this year, Microsoft introduced its ‘How Old’ facial recognition tool which managed to both amuse and outrage in equal measure. Now, the company has revealed a similar piece of software that tries to work out what emotions a person…

Facebook is launching a new feature for its messenger app that scans through your most recently taken photos, uses facial recognition to identify any of your friends that may be in them, and prompts you to send the image to…

MasterCard is experimenting with a feature called ID Check that confirms purchases via facial recognition or fingerprint scanning in their smartphone app, following a growing trend to replace traditional passwords with biometrics. An initial trail will be run with only…

Over the years, online dating sites have managed to shed the early stigma of being reserved for creeps and the socially awkward. For those that aren’t into the bar scene, enrolled in college or would rather screen potential mates before…

Set-top boxes are poised to be the future of TV, and numerous technology firms are battling it out for a slice of the proverbial pie. One such company is Intel, which originally made headlines after announcing its plans for a…

Wearable is being heralded as the next big thing and Google Glass is certainly one of the main driving forces behind this movement. But in addition to the steep $1,500 price tag attached to these futuristic glasses during the Explorer…

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner announced the results of the latest audit into Facebook (PDF) Friday, revealing that the social network intends to delete its facial recognition data and stop using the technology in Europe next month as it works…

Heeding input from human rights activists and this 2011 Cameras Everywhere report, YouTube has added a feature which aims to protect the privacy of individuals involved in controversial video footage. The new feature, "Blur All Faces", now appears in YouTube's…

Facebook acquired facial recognition technology company Face.com last month in a deal that was rumored to be valued around $100 million. The social network is already making headway with the new purchase by closing some of the key products from…

Google engineers claim they've designed a computer network capable of analyzing, categorizing and ultimately teaching itself to recognize the content of images. The "neural network" was fed 10 million images from YouTube video thumbnails and -- without being told how…

Facebook has acquired facial recognition technology company Face.com for an undisclosed amount of money. Such a deal was rumored to be in the works last month for around $100 million, making Face.com the first post-IPO acquisition by the social networking…

Several sources are claiming that Face.com will be the first acquisition for Facebook in the post-IPO world. The buying price is said to be solid at $100 million and a deal is already well underway, according to TechCrunch.